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From: patl@bodacia.Eng.Sun.COM (Pat Lashley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel
Keywords: motif open look openlook
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Date: 29 Jun 90 00:40:34 GMT
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In article <1990Jun28.111050.17353@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> willis@ecoult.ncsu.edu.UUCP (Bill Willis) writes:
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> ...
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>Stick with Motif... It looks like it will be around longer and touch
>more platforms...

A common mis-perception.  Let me present the following counter-arguments:

1) Count the number of applications actually shipping.  OpenLook wins
   by almost 2:1.  Count the number of SunView applications total.
   Easily the second most widely used look and feel in the world.
   Think about how easy most of them are to port using xview....

2) The XView OpenLook toolkit source is freely-redistributable; and
   included with the X11R4 source; you have to pay for Motif.  Not
   just to develop using it, but a per-customer right-to use.  I'm
   not about to spend the bucks for a Motif developer's licence for
   my Amiga at home when I will be able to get the OpenLook toolkits
   with X11.

3) Two OpenLook toolkits are provided with the SysV R.4 distribution and
   in the Sun OpenWindows package.  (OpenWindows is available to Sun
   users for a nominal media charge.  The right-to-use is included in
   your SunOS licence.)

4) OpenLook defines a 2D look which works much better on monochrome and
   low-res displays.  (Have you ever seen Motif on monochrome?  Fuzzy
   looking isn't it...)

5) OpenLook has a smoother, more-consistant user interface.  (Ok, this one
   borders on opinion instead of pure fact. :-)

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